Advice please?

[Sir_Noob]

Hi there, of all things, while backing up my drive of it's precious goodies, my video card zapped and sizzled.
It took out my SSD and other 2 HDD's even though the computer sees(Bios) that they are there, yet Win 10 does not see it.
Partition Table is the culprit so far from what I see on the scans.
A couple of scans shows all the stuff is there.
The program recovery programs I see are not all equal and quite costly especially with the outlay for 3 new drives and a new video card.
I have not been working the last while as my industry has been shut down with Covid and teh coffers are nearing the empty point.
I have also been taking online courses too to upgrade and become better than before.

Does anyone have any suggestions for recovering the files that is either free or near free?
A list of programs tried so far.

EaseUS - currently scanning (Saw lost partition)
Glary Undelete - Could not see HDD's
iMyFone AnyRecover - Saw everything recovers 3 files for free, $80 for full version.
Ontrack - Could not see HDD's
Recover Files - Could not see HDD's
Recuva - Only saw a portion of the Partition files
Stellar Data Recovery - Sees everything $100 USD for life
Undelete My Files Pro - Could not see HDD's
Wondershare Recoverit - Saw lost partition although some of the files are gibberish, everything else is good.

Anyone with any advise or experience in using any of these programs I would appreciate to hear from you.

The SSD was fried...

So I am home with broken toes too, a 2020 parting gift.
2021 is off to an interesting start.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

I wish I could help you. Get better soon !

yet Win 10 does not see it.

Have you tried Linux ? There are several variants out there. I ... vaguely remember that there might even be a variant specialized on data recovery out there ?
you could burn a variant on a DVD and boot up the system with that.

As long as the harddisks are not used (read / write) you still have a strong chance of getting things back.

Apart from that, there are professional data recovery firms out there, but make sure you get a real, solid and serious estimate of costs, because that can become expensive !

[Sir_Noob]

I wish I could help you. Get better soon !



Have you tried Linux ? There are several variants out there. I ... vaguely remember that there might even be a variant specialized on data recovery out there ?
you could burn a variant on a DVD and boot up the system with that.

As long as the harddisks are not used (read / write) you still have a strong chance of getting things back.

Apart from that, there are professional data recovery firms out there, but make sure you get a real, solid and serious estimate of costs, because that can become expensive !

Thanks, I will look to Linux to fix the boot repair.
I found an iCare program that is working, albeit rather slowly in pulling the files i needed, going to be a tough slog time wise.

Thank you for the response.